Hussein Rashid

The story-telling tradition may be a dying art form but a performance by Mahmood Farooqi, with star-power lent by Naseeruddin Shah, made a strong case for the future.

From his initial greeting, peace be upon you, to the way Obama framed his address, there were resonances in the speech for both Islamic history and American history.

A new form of bias against Muslims is taking shape, one that masks as “objective” and based on observation.